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Pomegranates Frozen Yogurt New to Parrish

Pomegranate Frozen Yogurt is a quality self-service frozen yogurt establishment that offers a variety of frozen yogurt flavors that consist of options that are dairy free and gluten-free. As well as providing countless options of your favorite toppings to build your creation, leading to endless possibilities.

We are an independent non-franchise business, Pomegranate Frozen Yogurt is locally operated and owned by Gary and Nicola Rodney, The vision of the Pome is to become a place that people can join together & savor a treat of their imagination, in a community centered and pleasing environment.

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The ceremony held Saturday at Sarasota National Cemetery was part of “National Wreaths Across America Day.” At national cemeteries across the U.S., wreaths were placed upon the graves of those who in life served our country.
“It’s giving recognition to the veterans,” said Sarasota National Cemetery volunteer Martin Donner. “Regardless of their religion, regardless of where they served and how they served.”
The wreaths serve as a reminder that each of these veterans will never be forgotten.
Its a calming thought for veteran Wayne Jensen, who knows Sarasota National Cemetery will be his final resting place.
“I’m going to have a wreath myself here some day, even though I’m not with us anymore, it’s going to feel pretty good as far as I’m concerned,” said Jensen, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. “Just knowing it now makes me feel good.”
Jensen said it didn’t matter to him what war each person served in. He considers everyone in the cemetery his family.
“Basically I know everybody, they’re all my brothers and sisters,” said Jensen. “We all served this wonderful country of ours.”
The wreaths will be kept on the graves until January 14th.

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Massive solar power plant to produce energy by December

BY JAMES A. JONES JR.

PARRISH – Workers at Florida Power and Light’s Manatee Solar Energy Center celebrated the installation of 75 percent of its 338,000 solar panels Thursday. Workers were honored for hitting the milestone without safety issues, and celebrated with free pizza and ice cream for lunch. “Little things go a long way,” said Johnny Lynch, senior project manager.

Ground was broken in February on the huge project covering 762 acres — more than 570 football fields. Parrish is expected to start producing 74.5 megawatts of energy in December. The Parrish power plant is one of three that FPL launched at the same time. The others are near Arcadia in DeSoto County and at Babcock Ranch in Charlotte County. Building the three new plants is a workforce of about 250. The new plants together will triple FPL’s solar capacity and help move Florida into sixth place among the 50 states. The solar panels are being installed atop 41,000 piles, or columns, driven 8 to 10 feet into the ground, and are designed to withstand hurricane force winds, Lynch said. The panels will produce direct current, which will be converted to alternating current through inverters, and then be stepped up through a transformer at a substation before feeding into the Parrish power plant. With zero emissions, the clean solar project has generated more enthusiasm from workers and the community than any other project he has been involved with in 20 years, Lynch said. “People are excited about it,” he said.